CA college professor held in arson spree near Dixie Fire | The Sacramento Bee

They also obtained cellphone search warrants that were still sealed Tuesday, as well as a warrant allowing a vehicle tracker to be placed on Maynard s Kia, court papers say. Using that, investigators tracked his movements for hundreds of miles, including to the area where the Ranch Fire and Conard Fire erupted Saturday in the Lassen National Forest, court papers say.

It appeared that Maynard was in the midst of an arson-setting spree, court papers say.

Maynard was arrested that day inside the emergency closure area forced by the Dixie Fire, court papers say.

He entered the evacuation zone and began setting fires behind the first responders fighting the Dixie Fire, Anderson wrote in his detention memo. In addition to the danger of enlarging the Dixie fire and threatening more lives and property, this increased the danger to the first responders.

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